Gravity currents entering a two-layer fluid

DOI10.1017/S0022112080001383zbMath0444.76086OpenAlexW2125786318MaRDI QIDQ3888770

Judith Y. Holyer, Herbert E. Huppert

Publication date: 1980

Published in: Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112080001383

zbMATH Keywords

stagnation pointintrusiongravity currentsinfinitely deepboundary currenttwo layer

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Reaction effects in flows (76V05)

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